Robert Změlík

Robert Změlík

Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Czechoslovakia
Olympic Games
	1992 Barcelona	Decathlon
European Indoor Championships
	1992 Genoa	Heptathlon
Representing Czech Republic
World Indoor Championships
	1997 Paris	Heptathlon

Robert Změlík (Czech pronunciation: [ˈrobɛrt ˈzmɲɛliːk]) (born April 18, 1969 in Prostějov) is a Czech track and field athlete who won a gold medal in Olympic decathlon in 1992.

His personal best in decathlon was 8627 points (1992), in Heptathlon 6228 points (1997), both former national records. Změlík's Olympic success was influential for two other great Czech decathletes and world record holders, Tomáš Dvořák and Roman Šebrle.

He was a frequent competitor at the Hypo-Meeting in Götzis, Austria, participating in 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1995. He made the podium for the first time in the 1991 Hypo-Meeting, taking second place with a score of 8346 points, then had his first win at the 1992 Hypo-Meeting, where his set a career best score.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Czechoslovakia
1988	World Junior Championships	Sudbury, Canada	2nd	Decathlon	7659 pts
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	4th	Decathlon	8249 pts
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	4th	Decathlon	8379 pts
1992	European Indoor Championships	Genoa, Italy	2nd	Heptathlon	6118 pts
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	1st	Decathlon	8611 pts
Representing the Czech Republic
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	–	Heptathlon	DNF
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	–	Decathlon	DNF
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	14th	Decathlon	7963 pts
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	7th	Decathlon	8422 pts
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	1st	Heptathlon	6228 pts
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	–	Decathlon	DNF

References

• sports-reference
• Robert Změlík profile at IAAF